5-35-7 - TRAPPING

1. TRAPPING; MEMBERS, NONMEMBERS-Trapping of furbearers on the Rosebud Reservation is limited to tribal members only, except that nonmembers farmer/ranchers may trap predators in the course of their farm and ranch operation for animal damage control.
2. TRAPS; MARKING-All traps will be marked with the owners name and address.
3. TRAPS; DISTURBING-No one shall disturb in any way another person’s trap sets, harass, kill, or take a trapped animal from another person’s trap set.
4. TRAPS TO BE CHECKED-Traps set shall be checked at least once every forty-eight (48) hours.
5. TRAPPING AREAS-No traps shall be set within two hundred (200) yards of any house, dwelling, community, town, city limits, public use area, picnic area, or other place where public gatherings are likely to take place. No traps shall be set within two hundred (200) yards of any Cemetery.
6. TRAPPING GAME ANIMALS UNLAWFUL-It shall be unlawful to trap any small or big game animals. Only furbearers, predators, and unprotected species may be legally trapped.
7. TRAPPING ON PRIVATE LAND-If trapping is to take place on leased land, the lesser must be notified prior to setting traps.
8. TRAPPING PROTECTED SPECIES-If protected species are trapped, the animal shall be left undisturbed and the Department of Natural Resources notified.
9. STEEL LEGHOLD TRAPS-No steel leghold traps larger than /4 are permitted.
10. HARVESTING BOBCATS; TAGGING-Bobcats may be harvested between December 16 and January 15 and upon harvesting a bobcat the unskinned carcass must be presented to a Conservation Officer for inspection and tagging. Bobcats shall not be sold without being tagged by a Conservation Officer.
11. POSSESSION OF PREDATOR, FURBEARER-No predator or furbearer shall be held in possession by anyone while in a living state, except that one furbearer may be kept as a pet under humane conditions.
12. PHYSICAL ALTERATION OF WILDLIFE PREDATOR OR FURBEARER-No wild predator or furbearer which is to be kept as a pet shall be physically altered in any way. This shall include declawing, defanging, descenting, spaying, or any other intentional physical alteration.
13. NUMBER OF PREDATOR OR FURBEARER; PETS-No wildlife species other than one predator or furbearer may be kept as a pet or held in possession by anyone while in a living state.